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faith ignorance sea
It is sufficiently humiliating to our nature to reflect that our knowledge is but as she rivulet, our ignorance as the sea. On points of the highest interest, the moment we quit the light of revelation we shall find that Platonism itself is intimately connected with Pyrrhonism, and the deepest inquiry with the darkest doubt. Charles Caleb Colton
faith christian spiritual
Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body. Charles Caleb Colton
faith men moral
When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable. Charles Dickens
faith religious prayer
God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent opportunity for us to declare our dependence on God and not on ourselves. The way we win the battle with discouragement is by humbling ourselves before God and telling Him that we need Him. There is only one way to do this, and it is through prayer. Charles Stanley
faith religious prayer
Prayer is an act of faith. Just by praying to God, you are declaring our trust in someone other than yourself. Your faith is increased as you pray and watch how God answers your prayers. God says in Jeremiah 33:3, Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. God is awesome in power and there is never a time when He is not beside you. He is faithful and holy. Charles Stanley
faith morning faces
Wash your face every morning in a bath of praise. Charles Spurgeon
faith foundation obedience
Faith is the fountain, the foundation and the fosterer of obedience. Charles Spurgeon
faith distance possession
Faith obliterates time, annihilates distance, and brings future things at once into its possession. Charles Spurgeon
faith religious men
Men will never be great in theology until they are great in suffering. Charles Spurgeon
ties perfection mind
That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the union will have all its strength when both the links are in perfection together. Charles Caleb Colton
ties looks bread
Bread is a second cause; the LORD Himself is the first source of our sustenance. He can work without the second cause as well as with it; and we must not tie Him down to one mode of operation. Let us not be too eager after the visible, but let us look to the invisible God. Charles Spurgeon
ties answers spirit
It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer. William Shakespeare
ties government secret
A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government. Bob Woodward
ties people political
Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people. Bill Jenkins
ties security-guards security
I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman. David Hyde Pierce
ties may belief
Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace of civil society. David Hume
ties government guarantees
We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time. David Dinkins
ties shields hips
I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life. David Brooks
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule